Proto-IE: *gal-
Meaning: dormouse, squirrel, marten
Old Indian: giri- f., girikā f. `mouse' (L.)
Old Greek: ion., att. galéǟ `Wiesel, Marder', galeo-, gali- в comp.
Latin: glīs, gen. glīris m. `Hasel- od. Bilchmaus, Siebenschläfer'
Russ. meaning: зверек (соня, белка etc.)